Movies Like The White Haired Witch
If you liked The White Haired Witch (2020), a mystery and fantasy movie directed by Wu Yingxiang, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and mysteryDee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak…
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Legend of the Mountain (1979)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and mysteryA traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a…
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A Touch of Zen (1970)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasyYang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryWhen the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
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Painted Skin (2008)
★ 6/10Also fantasyPainted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely…
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The Four 2 (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyThe four constables Emotionless, Iron Hands , Life Snatcher and ColdBlood are specially skilled in their own individual super powers. When the four constables of the Divine Constabulary investigate a murder in the…
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The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyAn American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King…
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The Monkey King 2 (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyTaking place 500 years after the Havoc in Heaven, the Tang Priest is appointed by Buddha to go to the West to fetch the sacred scriptures, only to accidentally free the Monkey King. With Lady White aiming to break up…
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Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
★ 6/10Also fantasyTang Monk brings three disciples on a journey to the West. On the outside, everything seems harmonious. However, tension is present beneath the surface, and their hearts and minds are not in agreement. After a series…
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyDuring a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years…
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A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyLu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange…
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Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and mysteryA burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
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Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyBased on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters…
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Haunted (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and fantasyProfessor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching…
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyYoung Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce…
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyThe Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
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Once Upon a Time (2017)
★ 7/10Also fantasyBai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy…
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Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
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Thinner (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyAn obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is…